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SATOHEL BOTTOM BAG.

Patented May 17, 18:87.

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JOHN L. HAVLIN, OF CINCINNATI, OI-IIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY G. STEWART, OF SAME PLACE.

SATCH EL-BO TTOlVl BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent; No. 363,232, dated May 1'7, 188?.

Application filed June 12, 1886. Serial No, 204.937.

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN L. HAVLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SatchelBottomBags; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to what are known in the art as bellows side, square, flat, or satchel-bottom bags, and which are manufactured of woven fabric, leather, or other material adapted to be united at seams by sewing, and in the making of which the fabric is stitched or sewed (either by hand or machine) to form the requisite seams of the bag.

The object of my invention is to make of woven fabric, or other material above mentioned, a bag which, when distended by its contents, will present a square, flat, or satchel bottom, adapting the bag to stand alone when filled; to present a square or flat bottom when resting upon its side, and to arrange the fabric preparatory to sewing the seams ina manner such that when the seams are finished and the bag turned the material will be so disposed in the bottom and bottom corners (or where the corners or ears of the old-fashioned square bags came) that the fabric may be lapped or doubled in these places where the greatest strain and wear comes upon the bag.

It is also an object of my invention to make such a bag by means of few and simple operations-such as herein described-and by means of which the bag herein set forth is made.

The nature of the invention in my bag and in the manner of making it will be easily understood from the following description and the drawings referred to.

Figure 1 represents the fabric folded once I upon itself along the line (side) 1 2, and

sewed together at the opposite side along the bag. Fig. 2 is a top end view of the partially- (Model.l

made bag shown in Fig. 1, whereits sides 1 2 and 3 4 are tucked inward as far as the lines 0 0 and s s. Fig. 3 is a view of the side 12 of the bag when tucked inward, as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of the bottom of the bag after being turned and when distended by its contents and resting upon its side. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the bag-bottom shown in Fig. 4, in section along the line yr and when looking in the direction of the arrow 1*. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the bag-bottom shown in Fig. 4, in section along theline m m, and when looking in the direction of the arrow 1*, the sections of the fabric in Figs 5 and 6 being indicated by solid lines.

The same letters or numbers indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

The bag is made as follows: The fabric of the desired width and length (from 1 to3) folded, wrong side out, once upon itself, so that the opposite edges,5 and 6,comeinto coincidence, and afold is formed in the line 1 2. A seam is then run from 3 to 4: adjacent to the edges 5 and 6. The side (line) 1 2 of the fabric is then drawn or tucked inward until it comes coincident with the dotted line 0 0, (shown clearly in Fig. 2,) the side a being folded along the dotted line on in and the side I) along the dotted line Win. The side seam, 3 4, is also drawn or tucked inward until it comes coincident with the dotted line 8 8, (shown clearly in Fig. 2,) the side a being folded along the dotted line a a and the side b along the dotted line a a.

When the bag-body is tucked in, as shown in Fig. 2,the sides a and b are pressed together, with the projecting edges 5 and 6 pressed together and between the intucked portions of the sides a and b. WVhen the bag-body is so folded, tucked, and pressed together, it appears in side view, as shown in Fig. 3, and a seam, 11 12, is then run along adjacent to the bottom edges, which stitches all of the plies or thicknesses together. More than one seam 11 12 may be run across the bottom end, if thought desirable. The seam 11 12 having been sewed, the bag is completed and may be turned right side out at once, or at any time before it is used.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 5, where the view of Fig. 5 is as when looking in the direction of the arrow 7 of Fig. 4, it will be seen how the triangular part 15 16 18, Fig. 4, folds against the bottom a d, and how the parts 7 and 8 of thefabric appear after being doubled, exterior to the bag-body proper, and tucked between the corresponding edges of the bottom d c, and all stitched together with the same bottom seam (or seams) 11 12 (the needle passing in the direction of the dotted line 19 20.)

Referring to Figs 4 and 6, where the View of Fig. 6 is as when looking in the direction of the arrow r of Fig. 4, it will be seen'how the triangular part 13 14 17, Fig. 4, folds against the bottom 0 d, and how the parts 9 and 10 of the fabric appear after being doubled exterior to the bag-body proper, and tuck-ed between the corresponding edges of the bottom d 0, and all stitched together with the same bottom seam (or seams) 11 12 (the needle pas)sing in the direction of the dotted line 19 20.

Bags could be made from a continuous seamless tube of fabric by cutting off suitable lengths, tucking in the sides and running one or more seams (11 12) across one end; or by folding and tucking the seamless tubing before cutting off into the desired lengths, then sewing across one end; or continuous seamless tubes of a length suitable for a bag could be woven and be tucked in, as shown in Fig. 2, and then sewed across one end.

My invention comprises bags "made from fabric tubing (whether seamless or not) where the tubing is tucked in lengthwise at opposite sides, so as to have a bellows-like crosssection, as shown in Fig. 2, and where one end is closed by means of one or more seams across the end of the bag, substantially as the seam 11 12 shown in Fig. 3.

A satchel-bottom bag made from material capable of being sewed and of resisting strain at the seams, and formed with inward1y-ex-' tending longitudinal bellows-folds at the sides, the bottom thereof being closed by one or more sewed seams extending across the same and across the bellows-folds, whereby when said bag is turned and distended a satchel-bottomis presented, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I now affix my signa ture in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN L. HAVLIN. WVitnesses:

EDWARD P. RoBBINs, WILLIAM C. Bnrsnn. 

